Check-rower



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No. 285764. Patented Sept. 25, 1883.

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J. PUTMAN & E. E. BERRY.

CHECK ROWER.' N0. 285 764. Patented Sept. 25, 1883.

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ORNEYS N. PETERS, mwmm raww, Washmgmn. n.c.

UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN IU'IMAN AND FREDERIC E. BERRY, OF RUSHVILLE, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 285,764, datedSeptember 25, 1883.

Application filed November 25, 1852, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, JOHN PUTMAN and FREDERIO E. BERRY, of Rushville,in the county of Schuyler andState of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in OheckBowers; and we do hereby declarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich. a

Figure 1 is a top View of part .of our improved check-rower. Fig. 2 is aside View of the same/ Fig. 3 is a similar view with the guide-rollersthrown down. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the cam with its ratchet andpart of the clutch. Figs. 5 and 6 are similar views of parts of thespring-clutch. Fig. 7 is a side View of the frame, the clutch, ratchet,and cam. Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views of the check-wire knot orbutton. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the anchor. Fig. 11 is a side view ofthe same, and Fig. 12 is a detail view of the device for adjusting thethrow of theseed-slide.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in all thefigures.

Our invention has relation to check-row mechanism for corn-planters; andit consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of thesame, as hereinafter more fully-described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates a part of the frameupon which the mechanism is mounted. Upon the ends of the frame-piece Aare fastened two arms, B, having downturned flanges O, which, inconnection with the bolts D and E, serve to hold'the arms fast and keepthem in true position.

.The guide-rollers F, G, and H are journaled upon arms I and J, havingfingers K and L, extending by the rollers G and H, and serving to guidethe check-rope and keep it from slip-' ping out from the rollers. Thearms I and J are fastened upon the ends of a rod, M, turning in bearingsN N upon the arm 13.

O isthe bifurcated lever, which embraces the check-wire, and isfastenedupon each end of the shaft P, which turns in bearings Q in the arms B.These levers consist of four pieces each, the lower part of which, It,is fastened to the shaft P, and has the recessed middle part, S, hingedto it, the hinge being so constructed that it will allow the upper partto fall outward, but prevent it from falling toward the machine. Thepart S has two recesses, T, in.

its outer and inner sides, in which the two divergent arms U U arefastened by a screw, V, so that if, by accident, one or both arms shonld break, or they should become worn out, they may be removed and newarms put in without the necessity of taking anything apart upon themachine or removing the balance of the lever from the shaft.

W" is a lever pivoted at its lower end upon 1 arm, X, sliding in abearing, Y, upon the arm B. The outer free end of this arm extends underand supports the arm J, upon which the guide-pulley is fastened, and bymoving lever \V arm X is withdrawn and the pulleys swing down, the rod Mturning in the bearings N. By thus dropping the pulleys the check-wireis thrown out, the lever O swinging outward, which allows the machine tobe disengaged from the check-wire.

Inside the bearings Qin the arms, and fastened upon the shaft P, is ashort lever, Z, to the outer hooked'end of which is fastened a spiralspring, a, the other end of which is fastened to the frame by thescrew-bolt E. The levers O are prevented from being tilted too far overby the checkavire, or drawn too far back by the springs, by projectionsbupon the arms B, and by the beveled ends c of the arms X.

In the center of the frame-piece A is fast ened frame (I, havingdownward-proj ecting lips e, which, with the bolts f f, serve to holdthe frame firmly upon the frame-piece A. In bearings g and h in thesides of this frame turns a sleeve, i, upon which the cam j and ratchet7c are fastened, and the end of which forms a clutch, Z.

m and n are two bearings in the ends of the frame d, in which turns acurved shaft, 0, provided with two projections, 2 and q, and a crank, r,adjustably fastened to it, which is connected to and operates theseed-slides. The shaft P turns inside the sleeve 6, which is preferablycast in one piece with the cam andratchetwheel. The cam has threeproject in g arms, 8, which engage the projections 12 and g, which areplaced sixty degrees apart from each other, and the clutch Z, having sixratchet-teeth. The cam is moved one-sixth revolution at each throw ofthe end levers and engages and supports one of the projections, movingthe seed-slides once for each stroke of the end lever. The clutch Z isengaged by two diametrically-opposite projections, 25 and it, upon ashort sleeve, '0, sliding upon the shaft I. From theother end of thissleeve project two fingers, in, which occupy each onefourth of acylimler-surface, and two similar fingers, :0, projecting from a sleeve,y, fastened to the shaft, intermesh with them, the whole beingsurrounded by a spiral spring, 2, bean ing against projections orshoulders upon the two sleeves, holding them tightly separated, andallowing the clutch to operate. The ratchet It prevents the cam frommoving in either direction by being engaged by a bifurcated pawl, A,having a square downward projection, B, which fits into a square notch,C, at the lower part of each of the i'atclletteeth. The other end of thepawl A, which is pivoted on a projection, 0, upon the frame d, bearsagainst a spiral spring, 1?, which is fixed upon the end of one of thebolts f. \Vhen the end lever, O, is moved, the projections tand a turnwith the shaft P, engaging the teeth of the clutch Z, and when the leveris drawn back by spring a the upper projection, it, will raise thedownwardproj ecting end D of the arm E of the pawl, and thus raise theprojection B out of the notch 0, allowing the ratchet, together with thesleeve and cam, to turn in the one direction.

The check-wire, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, is of the construction whichwe prefer to use; and it consists of a strong steel wire, F, which, atsuitable intervals,istwisted around the neck G of a bifurcated piece ofmalleable iron or other suitable metal, the bifurcated ends H H of whichare wound around the wire on both sides of the loop formed by the wire,forming a strong knot, which is not easily displaced, and can be madewith little labor. The ends of the check-wire are fastened in loops I,sliding upon the anchor J. This anchor consists of two bars or plates, Kand L, which are fastened together at their ends at right angles, whiletheir free ends are provided with stakes M, which are driven in theground and hold the anchor fast. Upon one of the arms, K, is fastened ametallic bar, N, the ends of which are bent downward, raising the bar,and are fastened around the ends of arm K. The loop or ring 1 slidesupon this bar, which is as long as the distance between the rows, sothat when the machine has gone down one row and turns at the other endof the field the ring slides to the other end of the bar, moving therope the exact width of a row.

To regulate the throw of the seedslides an upright, 0, having a slottedbase for adjustment on the frame, may be fastened upon the frame, theupper part of which forms a bearing, P in which an arm, Q, is pivoted.The lower end of this arm engages the seed-slides, and the upper end,above the bearing, forms a slotted head, It, in which turns the notchedhead S of a slotted arm, T. The arm T may be adjusted at any angle by apin, U, inserted through the head B and engaging-between the notches ofhead S. A nutted bolt, XV, having an eye, V, slides in this slot, andmay be adjusted in the same, while a rod, X, which is hinged to thecrank r, is hinged at its other end to the eye V. By thus adjusting theeyed bolt WVin the slot the length of throw of the seed angle of the armT it may be adjusted to suit any relative position of the seedslides tothe crank.

WVe are aware that check-rowers have been made in whielrtlieguide-rollcrs arepivoted upon arms fastened to the ends of a rod rockingin bearings upon the ends of the frame, and having means for supportingthe said arms and rollers when the machine is in operation, and forallowing them to drop when it is desired to throw the check-wire out offthe rocking bifurcated lever, and we do not claim such constructionbroadly; but

\Vhat we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

.1. In a check-rowing mechanism, the conbination of the lever XV,pivoted upon the arm B, and having arm X pivoted upon it, sliding inbearings Y, with the arms I and J, carrying the guide-rollers, andfastened upon the ends of shaft M, turning in bearings N, upon arms B,substantially as shown and set forth.

2. In a check-rowing mechanism, the frame (Z, having lips e, andfastened to the frame-piece A by bolts ff, forming projectionO for thepawl, and bearings g h and m it, placed at right angles to each other,for the sleeve 1' and curved rock-shaft O, substantially as shown andset forth.

3. In a cheek-rowing mechanism, the sleeve i, turning on the shaft P inbearings g and 71, cast in one piece with the ratchet-wheel k, and camj, having arms 8, and having its outer end provided with beveled teeth,forming a clutch, Z, substantially as shown and set forth.

4. In a check-rowing mechanism, the combination of the clutch Z, turningupon the shaft, the sleeve Q7, having projections 1; and a and fingersw, the sleeve 3 fastened to the shaft, and having fingers w, meshingwith the fingers 'w, and the spiral spring 2, substantially as shown andset forth.

5. In a check-rowing mechanism, the combination of the sleeve 2 havingratchet it, provided with teeth having square notches C at .their lowerparts, and forming a clutch, Z, the spring-actuated sleeve 1;, havingprojections t and u, and the bifu rated pawl A, having square downwardprojection B on one arm, and havslides may be adjusted, while bychanging the ing the other arm bent downward at D, pivoted upon theprojection 0 upon the frame (I, and actuated by the spiral spring 1?,substantially as shown and set forth.

6. In a checkrowing mechanism, the coinbination of the frame 11, havingprojection O, bearings g h and m n, and bolt f, the sleeve'i, having camj, ratchet k, and clutch Z, the bent rock-shaft 0, having projections 19and q, and crank a, sleeve 11, having projections t and u, and fingersw, sleeve y, having fingers m, spiral spring 2, and bifurcated pawl A,having downward projections C and D, and spring P, substantially asshown and set forth.

7. In a check-rowingmechanism, the frame, piece A, the arms B, rods M,having arms I and J, and guide-rollers F, G, and H,levers XV, havingarms X, bifurcated levers 0, shaft P, hooked lever Z, spring a, frame d,sleeve 2',

2o ratchet 7c, clutch Z, cam j, curved rock-shaft 0,

having projections 12 and q, crank r, sleeve 1', having projections 75and u, and fingers w, sleeve 7, having fingers :0, spring 2, andbifuroated pawl A, having downward projections C and D, and spring P,all constructed and combined to operate substantially as shown and setforth.

8. The combination, in a check-row cornplanter, of the crank r, pitmanX, arms Q T, pivoted on upright O, and the S6Bd-Slid6S, substantially asshown and set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereuntoaffixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ORANGE E. SAOKETT, WILLIAM: G. OUTTEN.

